Diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection: Which is the best test? The urea breath test

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 32, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2000, Pages

  Perri, F ^a  

^a CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Stool test; Urea breath test

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARBON 13; CARBON DIOXIDE; CITRIC ACID; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; UREA; UREASE;

ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG USE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERADICATION THERAPY; EXCRETION; FECES ANALYSIS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; ISOTOPE LABELING; MASS SPECTROMETER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH EMPTYING; STOMACH SURGERY; TEST MEAL;

EID: 0034491021     PISSN: 11258055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1590-8658(00)80277-7     Document Type: Article

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